Grahame Bilby
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Grahame Paul Bilby is a former cricket
er and association football player who represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites.
against the English cricket team
, in Christchurch
and Dunedin
in 1965-66. Both Tests were drawn.
As a Test opener, Bilby was fairly unspectacular, making 28 and 3 in the first Test and 3 and 21 in the second, giving himself a career batting average of 13.75. He was caught behind in three of those dismissals and caught once. He took three catches in those matches also.
Bilby also played for Wellington
, with whom he made 161 against Otago
earlier in the 1965-66 season and which probably earned him his Test debut. In his first-class
career he played in 57 matches, with a respectable 32.63 average, and which included 3 centuries and 15 fifties.
With a career spanning 1962-63 to 1975-76, he was named New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1974.
on 8 November 1967 and ended his international playing career with 8 A-international caps and 1 goal to his credit, his final cap a substitute appearance in a 2-4 loss, also to New Caledonia, on 18 July 1971.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and association football player who represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites.
Cricket career
Bilby played in two TestsTest cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
against the English cricket team
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
, in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
and Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
in 1965-66. Both Tests were drawn.
As a Test opener, Bilby was fairly unspectacular, making 28 and 3 in the first Test and 3 and 21 in the second, giving himself a career batting average of 13.75. He was caught behind in three of those dismissals and caught once. He took three catches in those matches also.
Bilby also played for Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, with whom he made 161 against Otago
Otago
Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...
earlier in the 1965-66 season and which probably earned him his Test debut. In his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career he played in 57 matches, with a respectable 32.63 average, and which included 3 centuries and 15 fifties.
With a career spanning 1962-63 to 1975-76, he was named New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1974.
Football career
Bilby made his full All Whites debut in a 0-4 loss to New CaledoniaNew Caledonia national football team
The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. Although they were only admitted to FIFA in 2004, they have been participating in the OFC Nations Cup since its inception. They have been one of this relatively small...
on 8 November 1967 and ended his international playing career with 8 A-international caps and 1 goal to his credit, his final cap a substitute appearance in a 2-4 loss, also to New Caledonia, on 18 July 1971.